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Fort Frederica National Monument – Georgia (2019)

Images of Fort Frederica National Monument – Southern Georgia, taken in September 2019.

Fort Frederica National Monument protects the remains of a colonial fort founded by English soldier and politician James Oglethorpe. The fort was created by a King George II land grant in 1732 to hold off the Spanish Empire in the region. Oglethorpe built the fort and town for the “worthy poor” whom he transplanted from Great Britain.

Oglethorpe and his troops, who had been repelled when they attacked St. Augustine, beat back a Spanish invasion at the Battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simon Island in 1742. This battle represented the last threat to the Georgia territory by the declining Spanish Empire.
An early flag of Great Britain flies over the remains of the Magazine Building in Fort Frederica National Monument
An early flag of Great Britain flies over the remains of the Magazine Building in Fort Frederica National Monument 		A live oak draped in moss silhouetted by sunlight in Fort Frederica National Monument
A live oak draped in moss silhouetted by sunlight in Fort Frederica National Monument		 The flag of early Great Britain (around 1742) in Fort Frederica National Monument
The flag of early Great Britain (around 1742) in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Moss draped live oaks in Fort Frederica National Monument
Moss draped live oaks in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Canons and the Magazine Building on the shore of the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument
Canons and the Magazine Building on the shore of the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument
Remains of the home of Indian Interpreter Mary Musgrove Matthews in Fort Frederica National Monument
Remains of the home of Indian Interpreter Mary Musgrove Matthews in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Large live oak in Fort Frederica National Monument
Large live oak in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Canon on the shore of the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument
Canon on the shore of the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Moss blowing in the wind in Fort Frederica National Monument
Moss blowing in the wind in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Footprint of the Hawkins-Dawson Houses in Fort Frederica National Monument
Footprint of the Hawkins-Dawson Houses in Fort Frederica National Monument
Remains of the military barracks in Fort Frederica National Monument
Remains of the military barracks in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Moss silhouetted by the sun in Fort Frederica National Monument
Moss silhouetted by the sun in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Canons guard the Magazine Building on the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument
Canons guard the Magazine Building on the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Moss covered live oak in Fort Frederica National Monument
Moss covered live oak in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Remains of the three-story Calwell House in Fort Frederica National Monument
Remains of the three-story Calwell House in Fort Frederica National Monument
Canon retrieved from the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument
Canon retrieved from the Frederica River in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Moss in the sunlight in Fort Frederica National Monument
Moss in the sunlight in Fort Frederica National Monument		 The Magazine Building in Fort Frederica National Monument
The Magazine Building in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Looking up at hanging moss in Fort Frederica National Monument
Looking up at hanging moss in Fort Frederica National Monument		 Palmetto-thatched hut representing soldiers housing in Fort Frederica National Monument
Palmetto-thatched hut representing soldiers housing in Fort Frederica National Monument

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Guest 30-Sep-2019 00:57
Wow. Never heard of this... so much for a college semester of the 13 Original colonies. :) You had to be a bad ass to live in the 'new' world when it was that old. Thanks Jerry. Stay out of the path of the Hurricanes. TimC
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